Hook.



Patented July 25, I899. K. WILLIAMS.

HOOK.

(Application filed Nov. 22, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

KATHARINE \VILLIAMS, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,640, dated July 25,1899. Application filed November 22, 1898. serial No. 697,205. (N0model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KATHARINE WII.LIAMs,a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the'city,'county, and State of New York,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks, and has for its objectthe provision of a hook specially adapted for supporting womens skirtsin connection with a shoulderbrace and skirt-supporting suspenders whichforms the subject-matter of a separate application for patent filed byme simultaneously herewith.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tures hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hookconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the hook attached to a portion of the suspender andshoulder-brace,-

and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

My improved hook is composed of a single piece of stout wire doubled onitself to form the skirt-supporting point E. The doubled wire is bent soas to form the elbows c 0', thereby presenting the hook 0 From the elbowc the strands of the wire diverge down.- ward to a point some distancebelow the elbow c, whence they are returned to the elbow 0, therebyforming the large loops 0 At the elbow c the strands are secured by thelight wire or other fastening C, after which theyare spread laterallyand the ends brought together to form the loop A for attachment to thesuspender or a belt on the person.

In the drawings, B designates a portion of w a belt; A the fixed end ofa strap attached thereto and forming a part of the shoulderbrace, thehook being fastened to this fixed strap, and A designates the adjustablestrap of the shoulder-brace, having perforations a, adapted to engagethe elbow c of the hook. It will thus be seen that the hook is supportedfrom the shoulders. The waistband D of the skirt D is fastened aroundthe body, over the belt 13, and the hook C E projects into the folds orfullness of the skirt, so as to receive its weight, thereby removing thesame from the hips of the wearer.

The loops 0 have a cushioning eflect to re duce the pressure on the bodyof the wearer, and they also serve to hold the skirt away from the body,so that instead of dropping abruptly from the hook C it will fall gracefully therefrom. Furthermore, owing to the conformation of the humanbody, if these spring-loops were omitted the hook proper would not havea secure hold on the skirt, but would drop under the weight thereof andfail to support it. This will be very evident upon reference to Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A skirt-supporter consisting of a hook adapted to engage the skirtand a spring-loop depending below the hook upon which the supportedskirt is adapted to rest.-

2. A skirt-supporting hook having an elbow on its rear adapted to beengaged by the holding means, and divergent spring-loops depending fromthe elbow and on which the supported skirt is adapted to rest.

3. A device for the purpose described consisting of a single wire bentto form an upwardly-projecting skirt-engaging hook, an elbow in 'rear ofsaid book, a transverseloop in rear of said hook, a transverse loop inrear of said elbow, and divergent spring-loops depending from the saidelbow and transverse loop.

Signed at New York, in the county and State of New York, the 19th day ofOctober, 1898.

KATHARINE WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. BENNETT, J r., SAMUEL NEALE.

